ebenjener
[ˈeːbn̩ˌjeːnɐ]
The verdict
“ebenjener” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a pronoun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - genau jener, genau der, genau derjenige
Corpus desk
Index DE-ebenjener · ebenjener · German
ebenjener · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "E" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ebenjener |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Pronoun |
| IPA | [ˈeːbn̩ˌjeːnɐ] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „ebenjener“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
ebenjener is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as apronoun, transcribed [ˈeːbn̩ˌjeːnɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "genau jener, genau der, genau derjenige".
ebenjener has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is ebenjener, spelled E-B-E-N-J-E-N-E-R.
Definition
- 1genau jener, genau der, genau derjenige
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ebenjener appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ebenjener Artikel ist zu kritisieren.
Zu Tür herein kam ebenjener Mann, von dem wir gerade gesprochen hatten.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.